Exhibit 10.1
AMEREN SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT
PLAN
WHEREAS, Ameren
Corporation (“Ameren”) previously adopted the Ameren
Supplemental Retirement Plan (“Plan”); and
WHEREAS, Ameren
reserved the right to amend the Plan in Section 5.3 thereof;
and
WHEREAS,
effective January 1, 2008, unless indicated otherwise, Ameren
desires to amend the Plan to incorporate provisions required by
Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended;
NOW, THEREFORE,
effective January 1, 2008, unless indicated otherwise, the Plan is
amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
AMEREN SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT
PLAN
PREAMBLE
The principal
objective of this Ameren Supplemental Retirement Plan
(“Plan”) is to ensure the payment of a competitive
level of retirement income in order to attract, retain and motivate
selected executives. The plan is designed to provide a
benefit which, when added to other retirement income of the
executive, will meet the objective described above. This
restated plan will become effective on January 1, 2005, unless
indicated otherwise, and will be effective as to each participant
on the date he or she is designated as such hereunder.
SECTION 1
Definitions
1.1.
“Ameren” means Ameren Corporation.
1.2. “Ameren
Deferred Compensation Plan” means the Ameren Deferred
Compensation Plan, as amended, renamed or restated from time to
time.
1.3.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
1.4.
“Company” means Ameren Services Company, as agent
for Ameren and administrator of the Plan.
1.5.
“Employee” means a person who is classified as a
salaried employee by the Employer and who is a participant in the
Retirement Plan.
1.6.
“Employer” means Ameren or any of its subsidiaries
which adopts the Plan with the consent of Ameren and which has
employees who are participants in the Retirement Plan.
1.7.
“Participant” means an Employee who has satisfied the
eligibility requirements of Section 2.
1.8. “Plan”
means the Ameren Supplemental Retirement Plan.
1.9. “Plan
Year” means the 12-month period commencing January 1 and
ending on December 31.
1.10.
“Retirement” means termination of employment after
attainment of at least age 55.
1.11. “Retirement
Plan” means the Ameren Retirement Plan as in effect as of the
date a determination of benefits is made under this
Plan.
1.12. “Specified
Employee” means a key employee (as defined in Code Section
416(i) without regard to Code Section 416(i)(5)) determined in
accordance with the meaning of such term under Code Section 409A
and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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Eligibility For and Vesting of
Benefits
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Any individual
who was a Participant in the Plan on December 31, 2007 shall
continue as a Participant in this Plan on January 1,
2008. On or after January 1, 2008, each Employee whose
benefits under the Retirement Plan:
(a) are limited
(1) by operation of Code Section 415 or Code Section 401(a)(17) or
(2) due to the exclusion of earnings deferred under the Ameren
Deferred Compensation Plan or
(b) would be
entitled to an increased benefit under the Retirement Plan due to
additional service credits for benefit purposes granted to such
Employee by a written employment agreement executed between the
Employer and such Employee,
shall be
eligible to be designated a Participant in this Plan as of any
January 1 following the date his or her Retirement Plan benefits
are limited or enhanced as described above. The Company
shall designate those Employees who meet such requirements as
eligible and shall indicate the effective date of their
participation in accordance with procedures established by the
Company. After being designated as eligible, an Employee
shall become a Participant on the following January 1.
A Participant
shall be vested under this Plan as of the date each such
Participant is vested under the Retirement Plan.
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Amount and Form of Retirement
Benefit
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3.1
In General .
Any Participant
who terminated or who terminates employment with the Employer
before January 1, 2005 shall be entitled to receive benefits in
accordance with the Plan as in effect on December 31,
2004. A Participant not described in the preceding
sentence shall be entitled to receive benefits in accordance with
Sections 3.2 through 3.4.
3.2
Benefits for Retirement Plan Participants on or after January 1,
2005 .
The amount of benefits payable to a Participant
covered under this Section 3.2 will equal the excess (if any) of A.
minus B. below:
A. The
amount which would have been payable to the Participant under the
Retirement Plan (as of the date benefits commence under this Plan
or, if an election to defer under 3.4B is applicable, as of the
date the Participant terminates employment) without
regard to the
limitations of Code Section 415 and Code Section 401(a)(17) but
including, for such purpose, any amounts deferred by the
Participant under the Ameren Deferred Compensation Plan.
B. The
amount payable to the Participant under the Retirement Plan (as of
the date benefits commence under this Plan or, if an election to
defer under 3.4B is applicable, as of the date the Participant
terminates employment).
A. If
a Participant dies after attaining at least age 55 but prior to
receiving benefits under the Plan, the Company shall commence
distribution of the Participant’s benefits to the Beneficiary
according to the method selected by the Participant under Section
3.4B, equal to the amount which would have been payable to the
Participant under the Plan as if he or she had terminated
employment on the date of his or her death, calculated in
accordance with Section 3.2. If a Participant dies prior
to attaining age 55 and prior to receiving benefits under the Plan,
the Company shall commence distribution of the Participant’s
benefits to the Beneficiary in a lump sum. The benefits
shall commence no later than 30 days after the date of the
Participant’s death. Neither the Participant nor a
beneficiary shall have a right to designate the taxable year of the
payment.
B. If a
Participant dies after commencement of his or her benefits under
the Plan, payments (if any) to his or her Beneficiary shall be
determined in accordance with the form of payment elected by the
Participant.
C. Beneficiary
means the person or persons designated by a Participant to receive
the death benefits (if any) payable under Section 3.3; provided
that, a designation of a Beneficiary other than the
Participant’s spouse shall be effective only if (i) the
Participant’s spouse consents to such designation in writing
which consent has been notarized or witnessed by a Plan
representative or (ii) the Participant establishes to the
satisfaction of the Plan Administrator that the consent may not be
obtained because there is no spouse or because the spouse cannot be
located. If the Beneficiary fails to survive the
Participant, or if the Participant does not designate a
Beneficiary, the amounts otherwise payable to a Beneficiary shall
be paid to the person or persons in the first of the following
classes of successive preference: (1) the spouse of the
Participant, (2) the Participant’s surviving children,
equally, (3) the Participant’s surviving parents, equally,
(4) the Participant’s surviving brothers and sisters,
equally, or (5) the Participant’s executors or
administrators.
3.4
Timing and Form of Payment .
A.
In General . Subject to an election under Section
3.4B2, benefits under this Section 3 shall be payable in the form
of a lump sum, regardless of the form of payment elected by the
Participant or Beneficiary with respect to benefits payable under
the Retirement Plan. Subject to Sections 3.4B and 3.4D,
benefits under this Section 3 shall commence on the first day of
the month following the month in which the Participant terminates
employment or as soon as administratively practicable in accordance
with Section 3.4F.
B.
Election to Defer . A Participant may elect to
defer his or her payment from the Plan in accordance with one of
the following options:
1.
Deferred Lump Sum . The Participant may elect to
receive his or her single lump sum payment on March 1 of the
calendar year following the calendar year in which the Participant
terminates employment with the Employer.
2.
Installments . The Participant may elect to
receive either monthly or annual installment distributions for a
period of five (5), ten (10) or fifteen (15) years. The
Participant may elect to receive the first installment on the date
he or she terminates employment or on March 1 of the calendar year
following the calendar year in which the Participant terminates
employment with the Employer. If the Participant’s
lump sum benefit under the Plan as of the date installments are to
commence is less than or equal to $20,000, an election to receive
installments shall be void, and such Participant